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The Meat Puppets formed as a three-piece band in Scottsdale?, Arizona circa 1979. The Kirkwood brothers, Curt and Kris, played guitar and bass, respectively. Derrick Bostrom played drums throughout the Meat Puppets' 20+ years of existence in a straight 4-4 metronomic style that served as an underpinning for the Kirkwoods' sometimes intricate fretboard work. |
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The Meat Puppets formed as a three-piece band in Scottsdale?, Arizona circa 1979. The Kirkwood brothers, Curt and Cris, played guitar and bass, respectively. Derrick Bostrom played drums throughout the Meat Puppets' 20+ years of existence in a straight 4-4 metronomic style that served as an underpinning for the Kirkwoods' sometimes intricate fretboard work. |
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"Meat Puppets II" appeared, as did the first album, on SST Records. This thoroughly eclectic album included more psychedelia, acid rock, and quieter tunes alongside the western-style thrash. In the early 1990s, the Meat Puppets found themselves suddenly popular when Kurt Cobain played two of the songs from this album with Curt and Kris on MTV. |
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"Meat Puppets II" appeared, as did the first album, on SST Records. This thoroughly eclectic album included more psychedelia, acid rock, and quieter tunes alongside the western-style thrash. In the early 1990s, the Meat Puppets found themselves suddenly popular when Kurt Cobain played three of the songs from this album with Curt and Cris on MTV. |
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With the championing of 70s rock amongst other punk bands (namely Black Flag's Black Sabbathisms, the Minutemen's paeans to [Steely Dan]? and [Van Halen]?, and Society System Decontrol's pure heavy "How We Rock"), the Meat Puppets helped to usher in the full flowering of indie rock as a kind of "third stream" of punk rock. Emphasize "ROCK" at least as much as "PUNK." |
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With the championing of 70s rock amongst other punk bands (namely Black Flag's Black Sabbathisms, the Minutemen's paeans to [Steely Dan]? and [Van Halen]?, and Society System Decontrol's pure heavy metal "How We Rock"), the Meat Puppets helped to nourish the full flowering of indie rock as a kind of "third stream" of punk rock. |
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Over the next decade, the Meat Puppets released a series of albums, both on SST and finally on major labels, which unabashedly hearkened back to [ZZ Top]? and Led Zeppelin without being derivative. Kris Kirkwood's cool melodic bass lines blended uniquely with his brother's boogie rock pyrotechnics. Curt is the only original member left in the band as of 2001. |
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Over the next decade, the Meat Puppets released a series of albums, both on SST and finally on major labels, which unabashedly hearkened back to [ZZ Top]? and Led Zeppelin without being derivative. Cris Kirkwood's cool melodic bass lines blended uniquely with his brother's boogie rock pyrotechnics. Curt is the only original member left in the band as of 2001. |
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